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PLO Chairman Yasser Arafat with Syrian President Hafez al-Assad on September 1, 1989 in Tripoli, Libya. AFP

Tensions mount between Arafat and al-Assad

US envoy Phillip Habib proposes a plan to facilitate the PLO's exit from Beirut. Meanwhile, the Phalange party vows to end Lebanon's 'three occupations'.

Ibrahim Hamidi 23 May 2024
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Secret documents detail Arafat's departure from Beirut

Al Majalla begins its five-part series revealing never-before-shared details of Israel's 1982 siege of Beirut and exchanges between Hafez al-Assad and Yasser Arafat

Ibrahim Hamidi 21 May 2024
Bahrain King’s Representative for Humanitarian Work and Youth Affairs, Sheikh Nasser bin Hamad al-Khalifa receives Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas upon his arrival to attend the 33rd Arab Summit, in Manama, Bahrain, May 15, 2024 Reuters

Arab states once created the PLO. Its successor could be shaped at the Manama summit.

With millions of Palestinians under threat from the far-right Israeli government, now is not the time to disagree on representation. Arab states need to step in, just like they did before.

Majed Kayali 16 May 2024
A Palestinian man walks past a graffiti of late Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat (R) and assassinated Palestine Liberation Organisation (PLO) deputy leader Khalil al-Wazir, also known as Abu Jihad, in Gaza City on August 6, 2009. AFP

Inside Israel's assassination of Abu Jihad, Fatah’s number 2

Shot and killed in 1988, the details of the operation to kill one of the biggest names in Palestinian politics were made known through accounts from his wife and an Israeli journalist

Sami Moubayed 18 April 2024
Flag draped coffins of slain Palestinians killed in Israeli raid are taken through the streets of Beirut, Lebanon on April 12, 1973, during the funeral procession. AP

This day in history: Israel takes out key PLO leaders in Beirut

51 years ago, an elite unit of the Israeli army assassinated Muhammad Youssef al-Najjar, Kamal Adwan and Kamal Nasser in a dramatic operation in the upscale Beirut neighbourhood of Verdun

Sami Moubayed 09 April 2024
The Palestinian Fatah movement was founded in 1959 by members of the Palestinian diaspora. Over the years, its tactics have evolved. Lina Jaradat

Fatah’s fortunes: From revolutionary zeal to settling for scraps

In three generations, Palestinians have sought liberation, return, Jerusalem, statehood, nationhood, self-governance, and autonomy. Fatah has changed with the times and with events.

Majed Kayali 14 February 2024
The Oslo Accords cemented the fragmentation of the Palestinian national discourse and weakened its political entities. Al Majalla explains how the pact gave Israel a clear advantage. Hassan Moharam

30 years later, Oslo's real objectives are clear

The Oslo Accords cemented the fragmentation of the Palestinian national discourse and weakened its political entities. Al Majalla explains how the pact gave Israel a clear advantage.

Majed Kayali 14 September 2023
30 years after the Oslo Accords, what looked like a landmark opportunity has left hope adrift. But there is a way toward a homeland Palestinians deserve via better leaders. Al Majalla explains. Hassan Moharam

30 years after Oslo, Palestinian state elusive as ever

What once looked like a landmark opportunity, has now fizzled out. But there is a way toward a homeland Palestinians deserve via better leaders. Al Majalla explains.

Asaad Ghanem 12 September 2023
German police stand in front of a Dresden courthouse where a trial against a Syrian jihadist is set to begin, in Dresden, Germany, Monday, March 18, 2019. (Jens Meyer/AP)

Hamas - How does it Manage its Funding Sources and Activities inside Germany?

What do we know about Hamas? Hamas is a militant movement and one of the Palestinian territories’ two major political parties. It governs more than two million Palestinians in the Gaza Strip, but…

Jassem Mohamed – Bonn 10 September 2021
U.S. President Joe Biden delivers remarks on the conflict in the Middle East from Cross- Hall of the White House on May 20, 2021 in Washington, DC. (Getty)

Biden Can Keep the Two-State Solution Alive

President Joe Biden and his team came into office understandably hoping to deprioritize the Israeli-Palestinian conflict. They saw Washington-led negotiations as a trap that had ensnared previous U.S…

Ilan Goldenberg 25 June 2021
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5 unanswered questions about Trump’s Venezuela plan

06 January 2026

Maduro's exit doesn't mean the end of his government

Ravi Agrawal
A Venezuelan oil tanker in the middle of the sea near Singapore, after being pursued by US authorities, on 18 March 2025. Reuters
Business & Economy

The problem with Venezuela's oil is technical, not political

04 January 2026

Tighter US control over Venezuelan exports won't necessarily redirect barrels, reshape trade flows, or alter global supply balances

Faisal Faeq
Venezuela's Vice President Delcy Rodríguez speaks during a press conference in Caracas on 8 September 2025. Federico PARRA / AFP
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Delcy Rodríguez and Venezuela’s politics of survival

05 January 2026

Venezuela's vice president is known for having a diplomatic style that is confrontational in tone but cautious in substance, and pursuing a strategy that marries public defiance with quiet pragmatism

Stefanie Butendieck Hijerra
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Documents & Memoirs

Putin foreshadowed the Ukraine war in 2008 meeting with Bush

06 January 2026

Recently declassified meeting minutes between the two leaders show how Washington was well aware of Moscow's grievances over NATO expansion, but went ahead anyway

Samer Elias
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Culture & Social Affairs

Christian Éboulé on decolonising the mind

06 January 2026

The Gabonese journalist discusses his debut novel, 'Le Testament de Charles', and how post-independence generations still bear the scars of colonialism

Nesrein El-Bakhshawangy

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